Toy glider



8, 1932. Q A SPOTZ 1,887,337

Y TOY GLIDER Filed sept. 12, 1930 f 3 J0 pfwa Patented Nov. 8, 19372` g y 1,887,337v

cnnsfrifm sro'rz, or s'rmnonn, coNNncTrcur'l" Application vmed' 'september 12, 1930. 'semaine 481,489.-

- 1 The invention relates to toys of Vthe type in which the miniatureglider is projected by a device in the general form of a toy gun and it concerns features relating bothto'the 5 glider and to the gun..

The invention is shownin the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view partly brokenaway of the complete toy. Fig. 2 is fa top plan view of the glider portion ofthe toy. v Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 2 with the main wing omitted. Fig.4 is a top planview of the gun.

Fig. 5 is a detail viewof the rear part of the glider.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view von line 6 6 of Fig. j-

' Fig. 7 is a. cross section `on line 7.-7: of Figl.v y

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of a modified wayjof mounting a self-adjustable vwingon theA glider.

Fig. Y9 is av bottom plan'view of. Fig. 8.

' I Fig. 10 is asectional view on -lne 10-10 or-main win@ of the Glider mounted thereon 2D P: Y A

to have self-adjustment. 1 ,Y Figs. 13 and 14 are vdetail viewsushowingfa modified form of connection between the selfadjustable wing and the cross piecerof the glider.

.Referring first to the glider this comprises'y a body part or stem 1, having a wing 2 mounted at its front end so as to have swing-` ing movement vertically or up and down relative to the body to accommodate itself automatically to varying air pressures. The

manner of mounting this wing so vas to swing about its frontedge kat 3 asv a pivot,V may be carried out 1n various ways. F1gs.i

for. looped about the crossjpiece andthe wing 5' as'shown, said bands being lodgedv in the notches to retain themyagainst displacement.

These bands hold the. wing to the Vcross piece but allow pivotal` movement,vertically-about o the front edge where it lies adjacent the cross piece and with'said front edge slightly abovewhich on itsypupper` side presents two upand forward of the edge'of the cross piece 8.V The rear edge ofthe fwingjlies adjacent y a shoulder 1() onthebody whichfshoulder furnishes an abutment which receives -the initial backwardk Athrust ofthe wing when the* glider is first projected fromthe gun.

- and as the `wingis attached to the cross head by the yielding vrubber bands it would recede from its prescribedposition when it is first projected 'were 'the shoulder not provided to i l resist this action. This action would be ldue tothe comparatively severe banking of the air in front of the wing at the beginningof the gliders flight but withthe shoulder as Y a part of the 'structure any tendency for the. wing'toyie'ld backwardly as a whole will be. resisted by its rear Vedge'coming againstLt-he shoulder.:` yAftenthe initial impact` of the Vwing against` the air is pastthenlthefwing,

under the reactionof the rubber bands,` will; free its rear-edgeV slightly from contact with the shoulderand the wing then willbe vfree to rise and-fall at its rear part-relative to the bodyaccording as-the variations in the banking of the air takes place, or in otherV words, the wing will have self-,adjustment by a4 swinging movement aboutits front'edge according to the varying air `resistances which it meets4 in its flight. This self-adjust able wingzcontrols the -'light and causes `this to take place substantially straight in the dia rection in which the glider is projected. {It prevents the glider from performing a sharp upward curveor'loop at the-startbecause it yields `,to the comparatively excessive air pressure onthe initial stage of the flight. As the flight progresses thewing will rise and fall pivotally relative to the body of thev 1 glider as meets varying air resistances. j

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The body 1 of the glider being in the form of a comparatively thin rod it follows that the shoulder is not extensive and is normally spaced apart from the edge if the wing, and therefore should the glider land onl the end of the wing it will yield on that end away from the'cross piece and vthus damage to the j wing will be prevented.

This yielding action'will be due k.to thek elasticity of the rubber'band.

In order to apply varying yieldable 'pres-Y sure to the wing for pressing it downwardly a rubber cord or short length of rubber 11 is used attached by abroad headedtack 12' to the glider body or stem and having its other end passing beneath a rubber band 13 so that by pulling upon this end 14 the rubber strip 11 will be strained and added, though yielding, resistance to the upward swing of the wing will be applied. The band 13 is wrapped'a number of :times about the 'body of the glider. To reduce thetension on the wing the rubber strip 11 is vpulled,

` backward through the band 13;VVV

Instead of connecting the :cross piece rigidly tothe glider body it may be yieldingly connected thereto by a rubber band 15, Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, and the wing instead of being Y connected to the cross piece by rubber bands maybe connected thereto by tapes 16Fig. 8.

In this instance, ifk the wing lands upon one Lend the whole organization including the wing and the cross piece will yield and no damage will result, this being due to the yielding of the rubber band 15 connecting the head orcross piece with the glider stem barrel 2O groove/d lengthwise at 21, notched at its upper side at 22 and provided with an insert piece at 23 extending across the gun and closing the rear end ofv theV groove 21.l

., A trigger 24 is pivoted at'25 said trigger member is comparatively thin.

consistingfof a sheet metal or other suitable piece lying against the side of the gun and having a plate-like extension'26, Fig. 4, lying inthe recess 22, and just in rear ofthe insert or shoulder 23. For `propelling the glider an elastic member consisting in part Y of a flat rubber piece 27 extends through any one of a series of notches V28 arranged along the lower side of the gun and the rear portion 29 of this band or loop engages a shoulder' 30 facing'rearwardly of the glider and forming a part of a hn or guide member 31 extending down from the bottoni face of the body of the glider. This fin or guide j It runs in the groove 21 of the gun and it extends lengthwise and centrally of the lower face of the glider body or stem.

This iin also has a. shoulder 32 facing forwardly and located in rear of the shoulder 30 and spaced apart therefrom.

In cooking the toy the glider is inserted with its guide iins 31, 31a, in the groove of the gun and with the propelling band portion 29 engaging the shoulder 30 and by drawing the glider backward along the gun its shoulder 32 is made to engage the insert shoulder piece 23 as shown in Fig. 1. When this has been done the elastic propelling band 27, 29 will have been stretched to the prescribed degree to place strong propelling force upon the glider and the device now is in cocked condition ready/to be operated to project the glider into space as a result ofthe reaction of the rubber band when the glider is released; For releasing the' glider the trigger is pulled which causes the plate-like part 26 thereof to lift the rear end of the gliderhigh enough to disengage it from the inset-shoulder 23, whereupon` the elastic will exert its force and project the glider from the gun. t willl bernoticed that when the device is cocked the body ofV the glider extends in an upwardly and .rearwardly inclined position relative to the upper surface of the gun so thatthe glider at its Vrear portion is spaced apart from the gun. This space receives the portion 29 of the propelling band which extends along this space to the shoulder 30l with which it engages. the other parts is important. It is below the glider body some distance forward of the rear endV thereof and it lies forward ofand spaced` apart `from the cocking shoulder 32 of the glider. By reason of this relation and the downward trend of the elastic from the shoulder 30 to the notch 28, the pull of said elastic is slightly downward and is applied at a point forward of the cooking shoulder and forward of the rear end of the glider body. As a result there will be no tendency for the'pull of the elastic to cock up the glider relative to the gun but the glider will be projected in the direction' of its body/or of its general lie relative to the gun.

The vseveral notches 28 are providedrso i that the child may adjust the propelling force to his strength sothat hemay readilyv cock the gun; v Y

The principle of the' selfadjustable wing may becarried out in connection with the rear wing if'desired. rIhis is illustrated in Figj12 in whichthe wing 2a is normally held in its uppermost position, i. e., inclin` ing upwardly and backwardly from the cross piece 4a. It is held up by a rubber cord 11a against va stop 33.

I claim: Y

1. A toy glider comprising a center Stem, a wingv extending transversely thereof, a.

The relation of the shoulder 30 to j cross-piece secured at the front part of the stem, and in relation to which the wing has attached to swing'up and down.

2. vA toy glider Vhaving a body portion or stein and a wing extending transversely there* of, and mounted to swing up and down about Y its frontV edge, said wing being mounted to yield if it strikes upon Veither end, substan-V tially as described. Y

3. A toy glider having across piece V'rigi idly fixed to the body and a wing. connected Vlli to the cross piece to swing up and down in respect thereto and toyield edgewise and in respect to said cross piece if said wing strikes uponone end. 4. A toy glider having a body memberl a cross piece yieldingly connected to the body member and a wing pivotally connected to the cross piece, said cross piecebeing adapted to yield if the wing strikes on end. i

5. A toy glider having a stem anda wing j mounted thereon to have self-adjusting swinging movement up and down and a rubber piece to apply tension to said wing, exy tending over the wing and held at onev end to the stem, said rubber being adjustable by stretching it longitudinally of the stem varying tensions on the wing. v j

6. A toy glider having a body member a wing mounted thereon to have self-adjust ingy swinging movement up and down andV a rubber piece to apply tension to said wing, attached at on-e end to the body member, the other end being adjustably connected to thel body member for stretching the rubber to exert varying tensions on the wing said rubber piece passing through a rubber band surrounding the body member which band holds the rubber piece pressed against said body but permits its adjustment.

7. A toy glider having a body portionl and a transverse wing, saidA body portion having a iin of less thickness than the body depending therefrom centrally thereof with a forwardlyV facing shoulder to engage apart on a projector and a rearwardly facingshoulder adapted to be engaged by the loop of an elastic carried by the projector, said fin actj ing to guide the body substantially as described. v

8. A toy a transverse wing,` and shoulders belowk the body portion one facing rearwardly to receive the propelling elastic of a projector or gun and the other facing forwardlyV and adapted to enga-ge a shoulder on the p rojector, the first mentioned shoulder being nearer the front end of the glider than the other shoulder to cause the elastic in propel* ling the glider from the gun to counteract..

tendency of the glider totilt upwardly under the influence of air pressure against the wing.

9. In combination, a toy gliderV having a body portion and a transverse wing, guide glider comprising a body portion,

means. comparatively thin-*depending l from fsaid body extending lengthwise and centrally self-adjustment and to which said wing 1s thereof and presenting one shoulder directed wardly, a' gun having a groove toreceive said thin depending guiding means,a slioulderextendingacross saidgroov'e and 'adapted to be forwardly and another' shoulder yfacing reari engaged by theV Vforwa'rt'illy facing shoulder of the glider, said gun having a recess in rear.

`of the shoulder of saidY gun, a trigger having a glider lifting portion in said recess, andan lelastic loop attached to the front end of the gun body and engageableby the rearwardly facingsh'oulder on the glider.

10' In Combination. a toy glider having a body member and a wing attached thereto, a rearwardly facing shoulder under the body and a forwardly facing shoulder also under thebody andv in rear of the shoulder first mentioned, a gunjhaving a groove forguidv4 ing the glider with a shoulder at the rear end of said groove with which shoulder the forwardly facing shoulder on the glider engages,

said glider being supported on thesgun with the Body of theggiiaer Slightly elevated inf respect to the body of the gunso as to leave laxis' and yieldably mounted to swing about .its front edge to accommodate itself automatically to varyingair pressures, a body carrying said wing and in relation to which the wing may yield in the longitudinal direcj tion of said body, said body having a shoulder ico against which the rear edge of the wing abuts when the same yieldsjtowards the rearof the glider under the initial impact with the air,

substantially as described.

12. A toy glider havingva wing extending transversely ofits stem or body portion, a

yielding mounting for said wing by which the wing may'recede along the stem, and a stop on the glider to limit'the yielding movement, substantially as described.

13. A glider having a center stem, apvving secured thereto, said stein having agdepend ing fin with a rearwardly facing shoulder at the front portionV of said n, a forwardly vfacing shoulder at the rear portion of said 1in, and intermediate of the length of'said fin, said fin presenting a'l rearwardly extending and downwardly facing edge face in respectto the forwardly facing shoulder, said edge face of said fin being adapted to receive pressure upwardly from the trigger of the gun, substantially as described.

14. A toy glider including a body member a wing mounted on the body member to have swinging movement up and down thereon, means for exerting a yieldable pressure on the wing including an elastic member extending Vacross the Wingand means securing said, elastic member to said body member for adjust-V e ment in the direction of the length of thel glider to increase or decrese the pressure on the Wing. i Y In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

i CHESTER A. SPOTZ.

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